From ERP at the Baltic Shipyard to autonomous AI agents

Experience by employer

1. 2025 — present · Kaliningrad, remote

   Independent AI Engineer

   Solo / chukhaldin.ru
   • · Own production fleet of AI systems 24/7: trading infrastructure, growth pipelines, OSINT toolkit
   • · Multi-VPS deployment (5 servers in 4 countries): systemd + nginx + Cloudflare + AmneziaWG mesh
   • · AI adoption and process automation for SMB (from 2026) — built on top of my own production stack
   • · Mobile + backend + AI + media-buying in one person
2. 2024 — Mar 2026 · Remote · team in Moscow

   Senior Media-Buyer · Middle Media-Buyer

   SweepStakes · Syndicate Group
   • · $1.34M ad budget in performance marketing, $379k net profit, average ROI 28%
   • · iGaming (Syndicate Middle, until Nov 2025): $695k budget, ROI 31.5%, PWA Android/iOS, 30+ T1–T3 countries
   • · SweepStakes Senior (Sep 2025 — Mar 2026): $646k budget, ROI 25–37%, e-com landing pages
   • · Built my own tooling: auto-launch via Graph API, creative parsers, GPT classifiers
   • · ~300 creatives in Final Cut, A/B tests on large budgets
3. Nov 2023 — Feb 2025 · Bulgaria · EU market

   Software Developer

   Asertiva Solutions
   • · Custom applications on Infor Factory Track + Mongoose (Visual Basic .NET)
   • · Custom sessions in Infor LN Studio (BAAN 4gl)
   • · SQL optimization of legacy code, refactoring of production logic
   • · Direct communication with foreign clients on technical questions
   Enterprise clients

   FerrariAston MartinKozloduy NPP (Bulgaria)RosatomOSK (United Shipbuilding Corp)+ dozens of plants in RU / EU / Middle East

   Dozens of tickets and custom Infor LN solutions for enterprise clients in EU, RU and CIS
4. Nov 2022 — Nov 2023 · Turkey · IT consulting

   Software Developer

   IPL Consulting
   • · Learned Infor Factory Track, Mongoose, Birst
   • · Infor LN customization for client tasks (BAAN 4gl)
   • · Reports and analytics on Infor Birst
   • · In parallel — many developments for Russian plants, on-site visits
   • · Developing sessions for any manufacturing task
5. Jul 2021 — Sep 2022 · St. Petersburg · Shipbuilding

   Lead Software Engineer

   Baltic Shipyard
   • · Infor LN Studio + BAAN 4gl: custom sessions for manufacturing
   • · Materials logistics, production planning, warehouse accounting
   • · Reports on IBM Cognos Reporter
   • · SQL optimization for multi-shop queries on large volumes
6. Oct 2017 — Jul 2021 · St. Petersburg · Shipbuilding

   Engineer, 1st category

   Baltic Shipyard
   • · Multi-level schedules in Primavera P6 Professional
   • · Labor cost analytics, network schedule adjustments
   • · Training workshop staff on Progress Reporter
   • · ETL Excel ↔ Primavera, building formulas for manufacturing accounting
7. May 2020 — Oct 2020 · Online · US/CA/UK/AU

   Founder

   Enchantment Deal (Shopify)
   • · Shopify store profitable from day one
   • · First experience with Facebook Ads, Google Analytics, Facebook Pixel
   • · Email/SMS marketing, supplier management, fulfillment
   • · Final Cut Pro for ad creatives
8. Jun 2017 — Jul 2019 · St. Petersburg · Electrical

   CEO

   ES-Energo LLC
   • · Electrical installation work at the Zenit-Arena venue
   • · Team management, output control, reporting

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